Founded: 2001

Ownership: Private

Global Headquarters: Troy, Michigan

Background: Variant Interactive, Inc. is a media development and software company. Our family of brands include the multiplatform and diverse approach toward the media industry, and include Variant Games, Metro Digital Media Company and Brilliance & Excellence Networks.

Variant Games develops, publishes and distributes interactive software for video game systems, personal computers, wireless devices and the Internet.

Metro Digital Media Company connects customers to the brands of its clients, and builds them into respected, sought-out commodities.

Brilliance & Excellence Networks presents the latest and greatest blog network and set of Internet communities. Brands including The Virtual Underground, From Downtown and DishDaily deliver relevant and insightful content to media consumers worldwide.